Journal on a Shelf

Bill Sheffield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virtual Label
• ASIN: B000CAEIMO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,607 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cherry Blossom Time

2. Black Bottom

3. Back in My Baby's Arms

4. Trouble (When It Starts)

5. New Tattoo

6. An Invitation to the Blues

7. I Don't Hate Nobody

8. It Don't Bother Me

9. Comes Easy, Goes Easy

10. You're Still on My Mind

11. Holy Mother

12. Shooky Come Home

13. The Ballad of Brer Rabbit

14. Journal on a Shelf

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Moving, original acoustic country-blues, April 4, 2006

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journal on a Shelf (Audio CD)

This Atlanta-based singer/songwriter/guitarist writes and plays songs that find a "connection between Muddy Waters and Hank Williams." He's not the first to combine acoustic country and blues, but his folksy lyrics and old-timey tinged voice add flavors of artists such as Loudon Wainwright III, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Leon Redbone to the usual battery of blues influences. Backed by acoustic bass and the occasional harmonica, Sheffield's picking (replete with ragtime inflections) and soulful Southern vocals provide the album's musical focus. After a half-dozen albums, this is his first national release, and the eleven originals and two covers (including a reading of Tom Waits' "Invitation to the Blues") stand upon timeless blues progressions. Sheffield's acoustic playing and dynamic vocalizing will draw you right in. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]